TIP OF THE DAY: Cinco De Mayo Food Means A Salsa Bar & Beer!

Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates an 1862 battle between the Mexicans and the French, is celebrated by more Americans than Mexicans (see the history of Cinco de Mayo). It’s easy to pull together a Cinco de Mayo celebration with prepared food (just open the bottles). Our favorite easy entertaining choice is a salsa bar with…
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CONTEST: Win A Gourmet Food Prize In The Gourmet Giveaway

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with tortilla soup,and enter the Gourmet Giveaway. Photocourtesy Wolfgang Puck.   Fans of the Gourmet Giveaway know that our gourmet food giveaway went on hiatus in February, as we were building its new home on TheNibbleGourmetMarket.com. The Gourmet Giveaway is back, with three gift baskets from Chef Wolfgang Puck. All you…
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MOTHER’S DAY IDEAS: Gourmet Gifts

There are just six shopping days left until Mother’s Day. Still stuck for a special gift idea? Take a look at these luscious gifts: beautiful chocolates, cakes and, for yoga moms, gingerbread cookies in yoga positions. If Mom prefers her chocolate in small bites, Intemperantia Chocolate makes petite chocolate truffles in addition to regular sizes.…
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PRODUCT: Bobby Sue’s Nuts

Dry roasted and seasoned, we’re hooked onBobby Sue’s “Some Like It Hot” nuts.Photo courtesy Bobby Sue’s Nuts.   A reader recently directed us to Bobby Sue’s Nuts, calling them the best nuts she’d ever had. While we’ve tried far too many brands of nuts to make that pronouncement, Bobby Sue’s is certainly up there in…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cinnamon Toast

Did your mom make you cinnamon toast on school days or weekends? Ours did, and we can still smell and taste each piece that she lovingly sprinkled with her blend of sugar and cinnamon – a blend she premixed and stored in the type of specialty jar also used to sprinkle grated cheese. Every morning,…
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